August 15, 2004


Behind a Governor's Downfall

The New York Times runs an excellent piece chronicling New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey's swift fall from power.
"The 20 days between the phone message and the staggering exit line, according to the governor's aides, were marked by a torrent of confidential phone calls and bitter negotiations and a frenetic public schedule that offered no inkling that the governor's political career was imploding. It also included a series of wrenching discussions about his hidden sexual life, with friends, political allies and, with special counselors gathered downstairs in the governor's mansion, his wife."
Interestingly, a new a Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers poll shows McGreevey's approval rating has not yet suffered from the "bombshell" disclosures from last week.


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